House of Curiosity...

Eid is here!
Eid brings many thoughts about the way we celebrate it in this part of the world.
Usually, my dad goes to Salat al Eid with my uncles. And as soon as they finish, they start what I call “the door to door ritual.” This involves strong coffee with cardamom and ka3k il eid dates cookies… [...]

Grizzly was entertaining me with some anecdotes, including incidents that took place during Salat Al Tarawee7.  As he was praying a few days ago, the man beside him did not take a breath between saying Al Salam Alaikum (an indication of the end of the prayer) and shouting at the kids who were playing, running around, [...]

This was FUN!
It all started with Tala Tutunji wanting to do more with her piano concert… then the snowball effect hit! We started with 2 people on two pianos and ended up with 15 people celebrating our beloved Amman!
Oh my God… what fun… I know that in my heart that I need to work with youth [...]

I found this article about walking in Amman in some neglected file. I started writing it three years ago, but then decided to stop, because at that point there were several excited initiatives to repair all the pavements and the streets and remove the trees and so on… I felt I was not being fair.
 
I [...]

Beauty and the financial crisis
 
I have been always fascinated by the beauty industry in Amman. It is available, affordable and professional. But what fascinates me most is that it is thriving and on the rise despite of the financial crisis.   For this post, I asked several “Salons” how their business is doing with the [...]

As I was cleaning up my computer, I found an old picture. I remembered that I wanted to blog about it a few years ago (2006)… there was one problem at that time. I was not sure how to post pictures! (thank God I become less technically challenged with time.)
I can see Nas rolling his [...]

  It took me a long time to convince Um Yazan to write about her problem.  She finally did.  You can read the article on 7iber.
I came across this lady in one of the lectures that have been organized through the project Citizen in my City project, in one of the local communities. I won’t mention [...]

I think that Jordanian women often confuse being assertive with being aggressive.  Through thinking they are being strong; they often get reduced to acting bitchy and being pure Rada7at!
Why am I saying this?
I got in a car accident couple of weeks ago. I was at a crossroad. I did not see the other car [...]